Fastening means



o 13, 1931- H. s. THEYS ET AL FASTEN ING MEANS Filed Aug. 2, 19350 INVENTORJ Hen 7: (15' 771 616 Zou L .5 Hora ww'tz.

C) ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 13, 1931 UNITED STATES OFFICE HENRY S. THE'YS AND LOUIS HOROWITZ, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK FASTENING MEANS The principal object of the invention is to provide a fastening device which will resiliently and snugly hold the ends of an article I of clothing around the body of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a snap fastener having one member rigidly attached to one edge of an article of clothingand the other member resiliently attached to the opposite edge of the article of clothing and means to fasten both members together. I 7

Still another object of the invention is to provide a snap fastener having one of the l out the specification.

co-operating members attached to an article.

of clothing by an elasticribbon and the other rigidly attached.

(Ether objects of the invention willappear as the disclosure progresses. The drawings are intended to merely indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. It is therefore not intended to limit the invention illustrated but rather to define such limits in the appended claim. For a more general understanding of the invention attention is called to the drawings. In these drawings like reference characters denote like parts through- The invention is shown applied to a spat. However, we do not wish to'be limited to this particular use as the device is susceptible to'a wide application.

Figure 1 is a View of a spat partly open showing the novel snap fasteners attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary inside view of one edge of the spat. V

Figure 3 is a fragmentary inside View of the opposite edge of the spat.

Figure 4- is an unasse bled view of one of the fasteners.

Figure 5 is a view of the elastic ribbon and ring which is attached to the fastener shown in Figure 4. l c v -Figure 6 is a'sectional view of the assembled fastener. p

Figure '7 is enlarged section on line '('-f ofFigure3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, numeral 1 designates the spat, and 2 and 3 the closing ends. Attached to the end 2 is a set of fasteners l and fastened to the opposite end of the spat by the elastic ribbon 5 is another set of co-operating fasteners 6. As shown in Figure 3 the elastic ribbons 5 are housed in the pockets? formed by the two bands 8 and 9 stitched together by the stitches 10. The stitches pass throughthe ends 12' of the elastic ribbons and are thus held in place. The rest of the ribbons are free to stretch or contract. The stitches 10 for forming the pockets do'not pass through the exterior of the spat so as not to disfigure the article. I

The elastic ribbon 5 isloope'd around the ring 11 which in turn is fastened to the snap fastener 6. In assembling the structure the ring 11 is passed over the lower end of the box-like socket 12 shown in Figure 4, the shank 13 of the base portion 14 is then passed through the hole 15 in the box-like socket member 12 and the top of the shank 13 is riveted down as shown in Figure 6', thus locking the box-like socket member and the head 14 together and forming a unitary structure. The fasteners 4c are provided with a stud 15 having a head which snaps into the recess 16 of the fasteners 6 and lock themselves together. I

It will thus be seen that we have provided a snap fastener which will resiliently and snugly hold an article of clothing around the body of the wearer. The elastic fastening means will take up any slack or allow the closing ends of the article to open up to fit the wearer.

Having described our'invention, we claim: i

Ina fastener of the class described comprising a box-shaped socket member, an attaching member having a shank and a base portion, a ring member surrounding said boxshaped socket member, said shank passing through an aperture in one side of the boxlike socket member and riveted in place, an elastic ribbon looped around the wall of said ring member, the looped edge of ,said'ribbon held in place "between said ring and said boxlike' socket member, said box-like. socket mem her having an opening in its opposite side for receiving the head of a stud, the free ends of said elastic ribbon attached to an edge of an article to be fastened.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures.

HENRY S. THEYS. LOUIS HOROWITZ. 

